Man allegedly stole clothes, bikes, laptop

Published: Monday, February 18, 2013 at 2:38 p.m.

Last Modified: Monday, February 18, 2013 at 2:38 p.m.

A man is accused of stealing the clothes he was wearing, two bicycles he had ridden and the laptop he was selling last week, Thibodaux Police said.

Police said they were called about 2:30 p.m. Friday about a bicyclist trying to peddle a laptop he said he had won at Walmart.

Thibodaux Police, who were on bikes themselves, stopped Seth Martin, 33, 39062 Little Creek Drive, Gonzales, who fit the description, in the 300 block of East 7th Street when they saw him coming out of a home with a red bike, officers said.

Police said they learned that Martin saw a television in the front yard of that home and asked the homeowner if he could have it. Martin went inside with the owner and then stole the owner's red bicycle when the owner was in a back room.

The owner later told police Martin was trying to sell him a laptop, police said.

Martin is charged with felony theft of goods, theft, and two felony warrants out of St. John Parish, police said. He is in the Lafourche Parish jail in lieu of bonds totaling $7,000.

<p>A man is accused of stealing the clothes he was wearing, two bicycles he had ridden and the laptop he was selling last week, Thibodaux Police said.</p><p>Police said they were called about 2:30 p.m. Friday about a bicyclist trying to peddle a laptop he said he had won at Walmart.</p><p>Thibodaux Police, who were on bikes themselves, stopped Seth Martin, 33, 39062 Little Creek Drive, Gonzales, who fit the description, in the 300 block of East 7th Street when they saw him coming out of a home with a red bike, officers said. </p><p>Police said they learned that Martin saw a television in the front yard of that home and asked the homeowner if he could have it. Martin went inside with the owner and then stole the owner's red bicycle when the owner was in a back room.</p><p>The owner later told police Martin was trying to sell him a laptop, police said.</p><p>Martin is charged with felony theft of goods, theft, and two felony warrants out of St. John Parish, police said. He is in the Lafourche Parish jail in lieu of bonds totaling $7,000.</p>